Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 238 · 40 questions

How to say it (One beat for each vowel sound): Say the word slowly and clap once for each beat: el – e – phant = 3. Count vowel SOUNDS, not vowel letters: “school” has one sound (oo) = 1 beat. Do not add beats: film = 1, school = 1, asked = 1.

1. 1.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
6. 6.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) invitation (b) plant (c) window
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
8. 8.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) square (b) activity (c) teacher
9. 9.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) teacher (b) computer (c) possibility
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) refrigerator (b) calculator (c) jumped
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) asked (b) geography (c) yellow
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) film (c) table
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) important (b) friend (c) opportunity
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
32. 32.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) information (b) monkey (c) animal
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) friend (b) understanding (c) computer
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) picture (b) film (c) helicopter

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